Stanley Roland (Roley) MILLS

MILLS, Stanley Roland

Service Number: 195
Enlisted: 4 January 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Divisional Signal Company
Born: Camberwell, Victoria, 1896
Home Town: Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Natural Causes, 1979, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: The Shrine
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World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
15 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 195, 1st Signal Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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15 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 195, 1st Signal Company Engineers, HMAT Itonus, Adelaide
3 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 195, 1st Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 195, 1st Divisional Signal Company, "The Last Hundred Days"

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Biography

"Lance Corporal Stanley 'Roley' Mills joined up early at the age of 18. He was on Gallipoli as a signaller, and saw extensive service on the Western Front. He was seriously gassed at Passchendaele in 1917. In letters to his mother, he expressed a longing for home, but it was not until March 1919 that he finally sailed from England. His technical drawing set (on display at the AWM) was a part of his re-training for civilian life. In 1922 he completed a Department of Repatriation Vocational Traing course in carpentry..." - (from an Australian War Memorial static display) 

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